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Medieval Literature
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Sometimes the pagan spirit of Roman poetry arouses qualms. Guibert of Nogent confesses in his autobiography that early in his monastic life he took up verse making and even fell into "certain obscene words and composed brief writings, worthless and immodest, in fact bereft of all decency," before abandoning this shocking practice in favor of commentaries on the Scriptures.
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― Life in a Medieval City
― Life in a Medieval City
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Every night, I slip into the empty winter land of memory.
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